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1.	Linken's Adventure
2.	It's Dangerous to Go Alone

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Comment by 7423

Easiest tactic to kill this level 56 elite is as follows.

Clear all the top level of Fire plume Ridge. When engaging, run straight to the back of the cave, he will follow. This will ensure you do not get knocked off the cliffs with his ability as your inside.

Once at the back of the cave, use the rod to remove his almost invincible aura. Nearly all forms of crowd control work here, frost nova, fear, stun. Make sure he never receives his aura back, and it should be either solable or in a group of 2.

Comment by 8714

Although this chain is quite long, many people don't realize it's all just a tribute to the Legend of Zelda. Link's Master Sword a.k.a. Linken's Master Sword and other parts of this quest are all remeniscent of the Zelda franchise. Blizzard's little fun game of "guess what we're referencing." :)

Comment by Wildarms1

This quest is an awesome reference to Zelda, it gives hints like the item is on the bridge close to the river. The stats are somewhat low but the quest is lengthy and fun.

Comment by 9531

The name "It's dangerous to go alone" is from the frist Zelda game.
The guy who gives you the sword tells you.

Comment by 23009

Took down Blazerunner before we got the quest to kill him with a 54 and 56 shaman. One tanked/DPSed while the other healed, and he went down within a minute.

Later, we came back and trashed him with the shield-killer item you get from the quest to kill him. He went down FAST.

Keep your back to the inside of the cave, or if you can't get past him, pick the mountain wall next to his cave on the left if you're looking towards the inside. He'll bounce you up a bit, but if you're relatively quick to react, you should have no trouble.

Note that the reward for this quest, the Linken's Boomerang (https://www.wowhead.com/classic/item=11905) is a great item for Paladins, as it gives them a viable pulling tool if they don't have Holy Shock.

Comment by 30936

I found an easy way to get to Blazerunner by killing one or two elementals max.

1) Go to 47, 52
2) There's a cliff, you need to pass to its right. Try to jump, you may have a little trouble here, but it shouldn't take long.
3) Go to 47, 49
4) There's another cliff, but it's easy to climb.
5) Finally, go to 48, 49
6) Another cliff, also easy.

You should be right next to Blazerunner. Though, you won't aggro him if you pay attention. I suggest you to run in the cave like mikedoh said.

If you don't kill him fast, you may have to cast the spell to remove his aura. I figured it out after two deaths :p

Good luck !

Comment by 33585

With the help of the above comments i soloed Blazerunner as a 57 Frost Mage.

Mana shield, Ice Barrier and Fire Ward up before you run in.
Wait about 10 seconds so the spells can be ready when the initials run out. I think Dampen Magic also helps here.

I basically just ran in and summoned my water elemental, used the totem and Frost Novad the guy where he was, moved to the back of the cave and nuked him. Try and always keep your shields up, and have your mana gem handy. I used cold snap and summoned my elemental again, and repeated the strategy. With the time it took for me, i had to use the totem a second time.

Killed him on second try, and didnt have any health pots.
Good Luck.

Comment by Bandit

As a 56 DW Enhancement Shaman with not bad gear, soloing this guy was impossible. I got him to about 25%, after which he regained his aura and I was screwed. That was the best I could do before giving up after 4 attempts.

He hits for around 300-400 every hit, and with 3k total HP and mail gear, you don't last long. I recommend finding one other person to help you with this.

Comment by 40584

How long is the cooldown on the Boomerang?

Comment by 3946

Very easy kill as a 57 bm hunter followed comments above

Comment by 48317

Soloed as a 56 rogue. Just used Evasion when i was at 50% health, then used a major healing pot and adrenaline rush.
Also used a thistle tea at the very beginning of the fight just to Slice and Dice asap, and a mechanical yeti! :)

Comment by Allakhazam

Bind on Pickup. not able to sell

Comment by Allakhazam

pretty much ill say.. =S

Comment by Allakhazam

I was 53 paladin with several 52-53 friends backing me up. He hits very hard with lots of fire damage and the knockback/up is a real pain. The shaman got lobbed into the lava the first time through and bit it.

All he dropped was some "burning pitch", but then you aren't killing him for his loot drops.

Make sure you have the Silver Totem in your off-hand before the fight and REMEMBER TO USE IT ON BLAZERUNNER. That may sound like a stupid thing to say but it is really easy to just fall into your standard combat habits and just try to brute force him and forget to bring down his protective shield. I put it on one of my on-screen buttons so it would be easy to trigger.

Remember, you have to go into his cave and loot the box there to get the "Golden Flame" to complete the quest. You might want to share this fact with the party beforehand so they don't think you are ninja'ing a chest from them.

Went back to Marshal's Refuge and turned it all in for my boomerang! Then I had to log because it was really late. I can't wait to use it tomorrow night!

Comment by Allakhazam

Solo'd as a 60 rogue. Lots of potions, 1 death. Remember to hit him again with the wand...everyone says it, and it's true. Remember the wand. It's a rush if you do it on your own! 7300 xp even at 60.

Comment by Allakhazam

The hotspot for Finding the Source -
Finding the Source - is NE of him. You could do both in one trip.

Comment by Allakhazam

Finally soloed Blazerunner today with my lvl 58 druid. Took 5 tries though; at first tried duking it out but my dire bear kept getting a lava bath. Finally tried casting against him and found entangling roots more effective than expected, allowing me to star/moonfire/wrath him again & again and also let my mana recharge a bit as long as the roots held out. Only needed 1 mana pot, but had to take his shield down several times. They could've given a better reward though; the boomerang is a bloody joke, my druid can't use a sword and the orb is nice but in itself not enough.

Comment by Allakhazam

Did they nerf the damage and dps on the sword?

Comment by Allakhazam

He is a lvl 56 Elite Fire Elemental so he has full immunity to fire, and hits prety hard.

He is not so tough though once you get his shield down, and you might have to do it ONCE MORE during the fight if it comes back.
This will depend on how fast you dmg him, ive had to do it once at 57% and once at 20% so might be time related.

Once shield is up will knock back like a mofo and MT will go flying all over the place, and usually on other fire elementals around the place, so make sure you clear them up before goin for him although they respawn prety fast.

Once you kill him dont forget to get loot from the chest in the cave!

Then leave:)

Comment by Allakhazam

Duoed Blazerunner today with a 60 Shamman, me being a 57 Warrior. Knocked back only one major healing potion and got one heal from Shamman. The hardest part of this quest was that I was the one doing it, so I couldn't use a 2h weapon (due to the offhand to drop his shield). But once his shields drop his hp are soon to go as well. Relatively easy. Sword isn't spectacular but the 3.5g from isn't a complaint at all.

Comment by Allakhazam

...wtf?
All I use as a Balance druid are staves and two-handed maces, so equipping the totem will totally mess me up.
?
Blizzard, couldn't it be that you give us an item instead of an off-hand for those of us who use two-handed weapons?

Comment by Allakhazam

For all of this this is one #$%^ty weapon. I mean the Master Sword kicks ass but this..? It glows... Thats about the only thing you would want to keep this sword.... I'm dissapointed...

Comment by Allakhazam

Ahh brings back some memories does this. All the way through its reference after reference. The end items aswell, good job Blizzard!

Comment by Allakhazam

is this quest Alliance or Horde only, or both?

Comment by Allakhazam

They must have upgrades this quest since then, cause i count way higher than 32000 xp.

1. It's a secret to Everybody XP5100
2. It's a secret to Everybody XP5100
3. It's a secret to Everybody XP1250
4. The Videre Elixir XP5100
4b. Evoroot** XP5100
4c. The Videre Elixir (return to Donova Snowden) XP1250 (not entirely sure on the amount on this particular step)
5. Meet at the Grave XP5100
6. A Grave Situation XP2550
7. Linken's Sword XP5100
8. A Gnome's Assistance XP1250
9. Linken's Memory XP5450
10. Silver Heart XP5450
11. Aquementas XP5450
12. Linken's Adventure XP2700
13. It's Dangerous To Go Alone XP7300

And this is just the hand in, add to it mob xp.

Comment by Allakhazam

blazerunner has an annoying move that knocks you away and if you arent careful you might fall into the lava that takes HUGE damage off you, so its best to run past him and fight in the small cave.

Remember to use the totem that you have on him to dispel his aura else you will not complete the quest even if you kill him. I did this and had to abandont the quest before killing him a fourth time to get the transformed totem.

Comment by Allakhazam

Him: a lvl 56 elite elemental with an aura that does fire damage and knocks you back and into the air.

Us: 53 Hunter (me) and 47 Paladin.

Okay, so we tried this first in the morning, and we almost killed him, but like idiots we forgot to use the totem to break his aura first (what can I say, after the 12 steps before this you get a little distracted, lol). However, we were encouraged by the fact that we got him down to low health without it. On the second attempt we ran into the back of the cave (so that if his aura does return and you get knocked around you don't go flying into the lava and burn to death) healed up and prepared for another round.

This time I set the pet on him, the paladin ran up and broke his aura then proceeded to heal the pet while I just loaded arrows into him. I used one mana potion and had to help the pally heal pet when she ran back in to break his aura again (it came back and I got knocked around a bit... so it's good to be in the cave ^_^ ). After that we had it in the bag. We just kept up with the arrows and the healing. Pretty easy battle the second time around. We were really proud of ourselves.

Good Luck!

Comment by Allakhazam

My first attempt to solo this quest I got him to about 15-20% and ran out of mana. My second attempt he charged me and kept a constant knock back on me till I fell down the mountain and died. I was contemplating going to buy a Fire Protection potion for my 3rd attempt, but pride persuaded me not to:). All went well on this attempt. My voidwalker held enough aggro for my initial dots. Right about time he got wasted I got my sacrifice off. Death Coil helped me renew a couple dots. Feared him twice and cast shadowbolt in between for the win. I'm surprised him being 3 levels higher than me there was not more resistance to my spells. Not an easy fight at that level though.

Comment by Allakhazam

perhaps they touched up this quest line, but when i did it i got 46900 xp for the quest line all together (not including the mobs) unlike the previously stated 32000. additionally i got 832 xp from blazerunner at 55 with rested state.

Comment by Allakhazam

Easily done solo by a lvl 54 warlock. 7300exp.

Comment by Allakhazam

So from what I understand stated above. You get the sword AND the boomerang right? It says Choice between the sword and orb....plus boomerang.

Comment by Allakhazam

did this as a DW fury level 60 warrior in imperial plate armor...used diamond flask, one major potion, my mechanical yeti guardian, ONE sword and a bobbing apple...survived with only a hit or 2 away from death...quick fight...his health goes down fast...but so does yours.

Edited, Jan 5th 2007 2:14pm by Innath

Comment by Allakhazam

I have no clue how someone can spend 5 hours on this quest. i just read the directions carefully and i did it in 1hour15minutes.

Comment by Allakhazam

Completed this quest chain last night thanks to an extremely helpful 60 Mage who was farming outside the cave. I (54 Pally) used the totem to keep Blazerunner's shield down while the mage (who was shocked at how hard the guy hits) took him out. Afterwards, it was pretty exciting to turn in and finish this very, very long quest chain. Thank goodness I had a book to read during those long rides between zones though. . .

As for the rewards: they are nothing compared to most blues or epics you can get at the same level, but are fantastic for those of us who grew up on the original LoZs. The Master Sword is more novelty than anything, but the 1.8 sec speed is respectable for lower lvl mobs (running younger guildies through Deadmines, etc). Linkens Boomerang, however, (and the gobs of exp for the chain quest) is well worth it. Yes it has a 1 sec cast time and a 3 min cooldown, and yes there are plenty of other trinkets that are far better, but the humor factor makes this a lot of fun to have. Nothing like being able to say, "Can I pull this one?" and then have party members ask what in the world the pally just threw. Thanks to all those who posted advice on how to do the quest chain because this pally is enjoying his new toys.

Comment by Allakhazam

This guy can have a nasty AoE spell and can throw you 20 yards. Does high amount of damage.

Managed to kill with lvl 56 hunter (me) and lvl 54 warrior. Warrior and pet both died though.

Dontgo alone ;)

Comment by Allakhazam

Soloed this with my level 56 hunter with no deaths.

Cleared out the elementals surrounding the cave, then sicked my pet on Blazerunner. You should wait a tic for him to trigger his aoe, then rush straight to the back of the cave and fd.

After your pet dies revive him and buff up. Lay a frost trap in front of you, just in case you get agro, sick pet on him, and blast away.

He stays in the cave entrance, so you can sit out of aoe range and plug him. Run up when your pet gets low, heal the pet and continue to plug away.

Simple

Comment by Allakhazam

I don't know about anyone else, but the quest items stayed in my bags after I finished. (Silvery claws, irontree heart.) I am guessing it's safe to get rid of them.

Comment by Allakhazam

Killed him today, solo'd it as a 60 shaman. Had to use one Major Mana potion, earth shield, totems, etc. Died once, got better prepared the second time, finished with about half health, and pretty much empty mana.

Comment by Allakhazam

lol, soloed with 55 BM hunter, I actually remembered the aura thing once I got here to comment, so I guess it's possible to do it without shutting it down afterall :) Tactic I used was simply shoot couple shots and heal pet, then shoot couple times again and heal and so on...

Comment by Allakhazam

Accidentally destroyed the totem while cleaning out my bags of junk late one night. I'm screwed, aren't I?

Comment by Allakhazam

It is best to fight him in the cave, so the knock back does not throw you in the lava.

Comment by Allakhazam

Did this with a level 56 hunter with pet, me at a 52 pally. She put the pet on blazerunner, I healed the pet continuously while the hunter unloaded a massive amount of arrows. At half health, blazerunner charges the hunter...Melee for the rest of the fight. We died once, probably shouldn't have, I spazzed with the heals and ran out of mana...toast. He hits hard with lots of fire damage.

Comment by Allakhazam

You know the below poster has a point. I mean if you sell the sword and boomerang, and get the money throught the quest you get 4.78g. Plus on top of that you get over 32000 XP (not including any of the mobs you have to kill). So if this is worth it to you, then do it. If not don't start the first step in a 12 step process.

Comment by Allakhazam

He's a real pain for anyone who DW melees... as a 60 DW war, having this stupid totem equipped messes up my DPS a ton. And you can't switch it in battle because it has a small cooldown, which by the time it cools off, you've already died.
It's dangerous to go alone, indeed.

Comment by Allakhazam

is this worth it to sell, or should i keep it and the boomerang? or sell them

Comment by Allakhazam

Link gives you a quest to retrieve a piece of the triforce...you get his sword or boomerang as a reward...im so doing this quest when i get high enough lvl :D

Comment by Allakhazam

Edited, Tue Jun 14 16:08:04 2005

Comment by Allakhazam

The hotspot for Finding the Source -
Finding the Source - is NE of him. You could do both in one trip.

Comment by Allakhazam

don't forget to use the totem on him more than once - the effect wears off and he will pwn you hard.

Comment by Allakhazam

So Doing this quest I pulled a N00B, I started bashing him with the wand...

Ya gotta equip it, then, with your char panel open and in the way, click on it while he is targeted. Pain in the but. and not worth trying to solo at 57, But at 57 you get 7300 exp

Comment by Allakhazam

feral druid, lvl 61. but I just cast root all the time, then wrath wrath wrath... root... wait for mana. after like 3 breaks, he died.

Comment by Allakhazam

Rewards:

Linken's Sword of Mastery
or

Spirit of Aquementas

Linken's Boomerang

Comment by Allakhazam

i enjoyed this quest, and the boomerange is great fun, plus very handy for a pally with no throw skill.
i think its sad that most people are only in it for the rewards, suppose to be a game not a job.
try enjoying it instead of just bleeding it.

Comment by Allakhazam

hwo do the mean that a rogue can kil him
we cant stealth only if we use vanish the wand @#$%s up your dps

Comment by Allakhazam

The hotspot for Finding the Source -
Finding the Source - is NE of him. You could do both in one trip.

Comment by Allakhazam

took me a few days but finnaly got this whole quest done.. it was fun and long the sword looks way kewl.. but for all that effort i think it should be a better sword.. thanks for all the info you all posted it helped alot..

Comment by Allakhazam

Easy, soloed with imp as 54 lock, just chain feared and dots and gg

Comment by Allakhazam

Ok... This quest line sucks... First of all, its HUGE. First, i walked all the way to the raft in south Un'Goro Crater, to get the backpack. Then i walked ALL the way up, to the marshal's refuge. Then, that stupid gnome told me to drag my ass up to winterspring, To talk to someone. Then i had to go to Feralas... (FAR AWAY FROM CITY) to talk to someone else, then to tanaris, to kill myself with the potion, then i flew ALL the way to Felwood, so i could talk to a guy who told me to kill wolves. He then told me to go back to TANARIS again! to go kill an elite. Then i went all the way back to un'goro, killed a 56 elite with a group, and FOR WHAT? A LOUSY BOOMERANG and A SWORD? and you know what? thats about 5h of my time... (discovering flight paths, ETC) FOR 2 GREEN items? Unbelievable... BLIZZARD PLEASE upgrade this quest line!

Comment by Rangefear

Soloable as a 54 Hunter, although its a pain.

Cleared top of the ridge before pulling. He killed my pet before I got him below 70%. I had to auto-attack kite him around the base of the mountain (doesn't leash). Immune to nature damage so Serpent Sting doesn't work. So use auto-shot, concusive shot, and arcane shot if you have the mana. Run back up and grab the item from his cave and turn in.

Comment by Oceandust

To start this quest chain you have to click on a wrecked boat in Un'goro Crater. Here is the full quest chain in order:

1. It's a Secret to Everybody
2. It's a Secret to Everybody
3. It's a Secret to Everybody
4. The Videre Elixir
5. Meet at the Grave
6. A Grave Situation
7. Linken's Sword
8. A Gnome's Assistance
9. Linken's Memory
10. Silver Heart
11. Aquementas
12. Linken's Adventure
13. It's Dangerous to Go Alone

Comment by EnneaX

One of the Comments lists all the required Quests, if you want to check your progress on the whole quest chain, paste this code into your chat and hit enter:

/run for i, v in pairs({3844,3845,3908,3909,3912,3913,3914,3941,3942,4084,4005,3961,3962}) do print(format("%s:%s",i,IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(v) and '\124cff00ff00Yes\124r' or '\124cffff0000No\124r')) end

Comment by Qruelty

Dont forget to use the provided Silver Totem of Aquementas to dispell Blazerunner.... as I did the first time.

Comment by Hydrafrog

Is it possible to look the chest without killing Blazerunner?

Comment by Renwolf

For any warlocks wondering, he can be banished. Used voidwalker, and whenever demon's health was low, I'd banish Blazerunner, heal demon, heal myself, life tap, etc. and then go back to DPS when banish dropped. Had to dispel his shield after each banish, but overall, repeated banishing worked well for me.

Comment by Kraagor55

The path up to the top of Fire Plume Ridge (and to Blazerunner) starts at a large tree, coords 52,41. It's at the base of the extreme northern "peak" directly in line with Marshal's Refuge. Go up a very short distance, and you'll see a small bridge. Keep bearing to the right while staying on the path, and you'll get to the top.

Comment by hidenagenda

Kill the elementals around the lava pool and around Blazerunner. If you can kite (Frost Shock works great) you can kite him around that pool pretty easily. Be sure to refresh the debuff with your quest item a couple times.

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It's Dangerous to Go Alone

Travel to Fire Plume Ridge, south of Marshal's Refuge.

Find Blazerunner and use the totem to remove his protective aura. Once he has been defeated, acquire the Golden Flame from the cave.

	Blazerunner slain (1)
	Golden Flame (1)
	Silver Totem of Aquementas (Provided) (1)

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<name>, I finally remember now... I did come here to fight Blazerunner. I was on a journey, and this was to be the last step.

But I am no longer the hero... You are. All that you have done -- you must finish this now, not me.

Blazerunner guards an artifact called the Golden Flame. It provides power more vast than anything else I have ever known, and it is dangerous in the hands of one with an evil heart.

You will want to bring others with you -- it's dangerous to go alone. Take this as my advice.

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You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Linken's Sword of Mastery		Spirit of Aquementas

The following spell will be cast on you:

	Burst of Experience

You will also receive:

	Linken's Boomerang		Linken's Sword of Mastery
	Spirit of Aquementas

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Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(3962))

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